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A lot of town in the Netherlands has an old weigh-house. Probably to weigh food in the old days.
But there is also a story about weigh women who you expect to be a witch!
Written Apr 16, 2004
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Of course old city walls has gates, this is the gate on the North side of the town, it is called the Culemborgse poort (gate) named after Culemborg a place about 20 km from Buren.
Written Apr 16, 2004
Named after the prince is the windmill "De Prins van Oranje" ("the prince of Orange"), which was built in 1716. The mill is still in use, and is occassionally open to visitors.
Written May 21, 2003
Buren also called "Orange town"
Buren is also called "Orange town"because here lived the ancestors of the Dutch royal family. Willem of Orange married with Anna van Buren. Some members of the royal family used the name van Buren......
Well, maybe Tiel is really regarded as the "fruit capital" of the Betuwe region, but on our recent trip we focussed on the area around Buren - with too little time left to wander about this lovely...
Little city of Buren and the royal link.
Buren is more then 600 years old and is well worth a visit. A big part of the surrounding medieval citywalls are still there, high above the little river Korne. One of the old citygates is another...
Buren is just a small place, but it's a nice one. I was born and raised not far from this place in the lovely Betuwe region, and I've been here often. It's an old place, founded somewhere in the 8th...
Build your own Buren page
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